Improvement in flat-iron heaters



.Tlvrrnn STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN F. HALL, OF ALBIA, IOWA.

Specicatlon forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,335, dated November4, 1873; application filed October 1l, 1873.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, JOHN F. HALL, of Albia, inthe county of Monroe and State of Iowa, have invented a certainImprovement in Sad-Iron Heaters, of which the following is aspecification:

This invention relates to a device which is to be used upon a `stove orany other heating apparatus having,` apertures in its uppersurface forits reception; and it consists in the construction and combination ofcertain of its parts, as will be umore fully set forth herein after.

Figure l is a perspective view of my improved heater, showing the partwhich forms' the cover to the aperture in the stove, a swinging lid, andthe receptacle for the sad-iron. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectionalelevation, showing the parts above alluded to with an iron in position.

Like parts are designated by corresponding letters in both figures.

In constructing devices of this character I employ a plate, A, ofcast-iron or other suitable material, it being of such form and size asto cause it to iit in or cover the aperture in the stove or otherapparatus to which it is to be applied. This plate has an apertureformed in it sufficiently large to permit one or more sad-irons to bepassed through it, said aperture being covered with a swinging cover,A1, which is hinged thereto, as shown at A2. This cover 1 has a slotformed in it, into which the handle of the sad-iron can be slid, so thatthe cover may be closed down when the iron is being heated, and thusprevent to some extent the radiation of the heat therefrom. Upon theunder surface of plate A there is formed a downwardly-projectingchamber, B, which is composed of walls placed vertically and of suchform as to receive one or more irons, there being partitions formedbetween the chambers when more than one are used. These walls, or thisdownwardly-projecting ange, is constructed as shown in Fig. 2, wherethere is shown a ledge projecting inward, uponv which the loose bottom Crests. rJhis loose bottom is preferably made of copper, as that is abetter conductor of heat than either cast or wrought iron; and itis maderemovable, in order that under certain circumstances it may be removedand the irons be e llowed to fall down until the broader portions oftheir handles shall rest upon the slotted cover for the purpose ofbringing the lower surfaces nearer to the lire, and thus save time inheating them. This feature of the device is regarded as of importance,as it frequently happens that toward the close of an ironing the tiregets lower, and as a consequence the time required to heat the irons iscomparatively great, which inconvenience is remedied by taking out theremovable bottom, and allowing the portions of the iron to be heated tocome more nearly in contact with the coals in the stove, as abovereferred to.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The removable bottom C, when used iu connection with a sad-ironheater, substan tially as set forth.

2. The combination, in a sad-iron heater, of the plate A, slottedswinging cover A', chamber B, and removable bottom O, the parts beingarranged substantially as and for the pur pose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specicationin thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN F. HALL. Witnesses:

CAsrAR Dunn, BnNJ. HOLLAND.

